Many races were dropped into Terminus at one time or another throughout the history of the world. There is no reason why that could not happen again and therefore no reason why a topic of expansion races isn't plausible.

You know it would be interesting if they made a race called something simple like 'Hybrid'. While making it you get to choose one race and mix it with any other race. This would basically give you your half-elf race but also open up to much more. I'm sure some race combo's will be not possible. Such as Gnome and 'anything'. And the character customization tools would be unique for whatever combo you choose. anyway, kind of an interesting idea (I don't honestly care enough though).

I think if a race was added it would have to go through a filter.

A) Is the Race a classic (such as Dwarf, Human, Orc)

B) Is the Race'unique' and 'different'

And this is where I want to add in a FAE like Race, or a Race of Angels. Or a Race of four-legged or animal-legged creatures (like Satyr's)

Of course there will be expansion races. They have said that when new races arrive in Terminus, there will always be a good reason for them to do so. I think I remember Aradune saying that races such as Froglok, Fae, Iksar, etc. don't really fit well in the overall feel and story that they are going for. They're not going to include "fan favorites" just for the sake of fan service. It has to make sense first for them to do so. For example, a classic Froglok in Terminus would just seem so ridiculously out of place. Frogloks were totally unique to EQ and it's probably best to leave it that way. But I'm not trying to slam Frogloks too hard. Anyway, I think it's pretty obvious that while most of the game is traditional in nature, Races are one area in which they are thinking outside the box. I, for one, am excited to see what unique races they come up with.

There was a lot of backlash when Frogloks and Vah Shir's were announced with outright hatred for them in the forums talking about how they didn't belong back in the day. Yet now if you asked most folks they'd say they didn't know how the game survived without them. Point being I wouldn't completely discount any races because expansions with new content and land can change everything. Though these guys are really talented so they don't *need to fall back on old known races if they don't want to clearly. The way I see it they are trying to strike a balance between the familiar and the unknown it's just a matter of deciding what to allow in.

I would also like to see trolls make an appearance somewhere down the line in a future expansion.

Though, they did such an interesting job with the Archai and the Dark Myr (undecided about the Skar) that I'm also interested to see what else VR could come up with.

As far as animal types go, cats and rats both seem possible, perhaps as a pair that destroyed their shared planet after eons of being at war with one another. The rats could even be the subterranean race mentioned earlier.

I have a small subset of amazing friends who were super attached to their Ratonga characters in EQ2. They even had an all Ratonga guild on the RP-PVP server called Rat Pack. I think if they could make the Ratkin (or a higher form of) a playable race, they'd attract all those 'tongas over. I can just see all the cheese-themed names now... ;)

Haha yeah, the ratonga certainly had their fans. I had a pair of them at one point, Wharf Ratt and Sewer Ratt, but I played nearly everything at one point or another on one server or another in the years I played EQ2.

Well as a person who definitely will alt the necromancer i do hope for opportunity to make skeleton (lich-like) character. Especially that most of my race selections atm will end up with me choosing gnomes ;-)

The next race implemented in the game should most definately be the troll. It fits well with the list of initial races and conforms with both the playable/non-playable races revealed to us already. Currently there doesn't seem to be as many obvious "dark" races in the game. I think VR has done a fantastic job with their orc character models so I would very excited to see how they go about creating the trolls of Terminus.

The next race implemented in the game should most definately be the troll. It fits well with the list of initial races and conforms with both the playable/non-playable races revealed to us already. Currently there doesn't seem to be as many obvious "dark" races in the game. I think VR has done a fantastic job with their orc character models so I would very excited to see how they go about creating the trolls of Terminus.

The trolls were going to be in the game but the race eventually changed to Skar.
This post was edited by Tigersin at May 8, 2019 12:51 PM PDT

I'm expecting Dragons to return to Terminus at some point, and with them I would love to see a Half Dragon race! (Possibly giving the Paladin another race to choose from). EQ had them and they resembled humans, while in D&D they more resemble bipedal dragons (called Dragon Born). I would be cool with either, but the more humanoid one would fit aesthetically.